Ben Jonson Wise Quotations

All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.

Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.

No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself had a fool to his master.

Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne'er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.

No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.